Pictures: Flapping Wing Vehicle

Pictures: Flapping Wing Vehicle

Kaitlin McKeown / Daily Press

The body of an ornithopter, or flapping wing vehicle, is constructed from carbon fiber. University of Maryland graduate student Cornelia Altenbuchner has been performing research with the small aircraft at the National Institute of Aerospace since 2010. Several of the aircraft have been given names in accordance with their appearance and personality.

The body of an ornithopter, or flapping wing vehicle, is constructed from carbon fiber. University of Maryland graduate student Cornelia Altenbuchner has been performing research with the small aircraft at the National Institute of Aerospace since 2010. Several of the aircraft have been given names in accordance with their appearance and personality. (Kaitlin McKeown / Daily Press)

The body of an ornithopter, or flapping wing vehicle, is constructed from carbon fiber. University of Maryland graduate student Cornelia Altenbuchner has been performing research with the small aircraft at the National Institute of Aerospace since 2010. Several of the aircraft have been given names in accordance with their appearance and personality.